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(04-14-2024, 06:33 PM)Luvnit2 Wrote: Tee asked for a trade and the team said go pursue it. I have not seen Joe Burrow or Zak say they did not want Tee in 2024. Maybe, no trade because the Bengals feel we have a Super Bowl roster with Tee and a good draft (10 picks)

It comes down to what value the team puts on him, what his side is asking for, and what the organization can realistically do.

The Eagles just signed DeVonta Smith to a 3-year, $75 mill deal with $51 mill guaranteed.


You might be wondering how the heck can PHI pay for an expensive QB, 2 WRs, 2 OTs, a TE, and a CB1.
The devil comes down to cap hits.
Hurts is only counting $13.5 mill toward the cap this season.
AJ Brown only $12 mill.
Goedert $9 mill.

If you look at Hurts and Goedert, they have 4 void years tacked on to spread out that hit beyond the length of the contract.
For AJ Brown, he has 2 void years and a crazy high final year of $41 mill with just $8.7 mill dead cap.
For all intents and purposes, AJ Brown is a candidate for release in 2026 to free up $30+ mill in cap.

How many Bengals have voided years and end-loaded cap hits to free up the cap for their Super Bowl window?
Hint - Not much other than Burrow, who has 3 voided years on his contract (2030-2032).

We're always waiting for the other shoe to drop on teams like the Rams, Eagles, Cowboys, etc. in regard to the cap catching up to them.
But it never does because they keep kicking the cans down the road. Most contending teams do that.
However, that's traditionally not how the Bengals have operated.
They hardly restructure, they don't back-load contracts, they don't often do voided years.